The Eckley B. Coxe, Jr. Expedition took place over the course of several decades, and spanned a multitude of archaeological sites. Among these locations include Memphis, Giza, Meydum, Thebes, and Dendereh, with many of the excavations lead by Alan Rowe and Clarence Fisher. In addition to furnishing significant information on the history, culture, and funerary practices of this critical transitional period in Egyptian civilization, these excavations provided the Penn Museum with a wealth of important artifacts, including ceramics and other funerary offerings, inscribed stelae, and a variety of architectural elements from the tombs.
By: Alan Rowe
Volume XXII / Number 1
PLATE I. Reconstruction of the Meydûm Pyramid Site, looking northwest and showing Seneferu’s pyramid, parts of the mastabah tomb of, perhaps, the queen; and of the mastabah of a member of the royal family, perhaps a princess; the Pyramid Temple, Enclosing Wall, and Causeway. The Valley Temple at Meydûm has not yet been found but […]
By: Alan Rowe
Volume XXII / Number 1
Baedeker, K., editor, Ober Aegypten, second edition, 1891 Bergmann, E. V., in Recueil de Trarauz, VII, 179 Birch, S., Egypt from the Earliest Times Borchardt, L., in Zeitschrift fur Aegyptische Sprache, XXVI, 94; with Sethe, in L, 57-60 Borchardt, L., in same, XLII, 1-11 Borchardt, L., Entstehung der Pyramide, 1918 Breasted, J. H., Ancient Records, […]
By: Alan Rowe
Volume XXII / Number 1
A. The Pyramid Temple The temple on the eastern face of the pyramid discovered in 1891 by Professor Petrie was not completely cleared by him, wherefore it was decided to uncover and thoroughly examine this important building, perhaps the most interesting part of the pyramid complex. We found the temple covered with an immense amount […]
By: Alan Rowe
Volume XXII / Number 1
The position of Meydûm in relation to the other pyramid sites of the Ancient Kingdom and the Middle Empire is shown in Plate VII, while the remains at present visible on the surface are shown in the plan in Plate VIII and therefore need not here be described. The most convenient railway station to Meydûm […]
By: Alan Rowe
Volume XXII / Number 1
Title Reference 1117-1119 Makrizi and Abû-Mohammed Abdallah. Makrizt, an Arab historian (1364-1442), wrote: “There is another pyramid, called the ‘Pyramid of Meydûm,’ which is like a mountain, and has five stories”; he cites as his authority for this statement Sheikh Abû-Mohammed Abdallah, son of Abderrahîm el-Qaisi, who visited Meydûm in 1117-1119. [32 : 359, footnote […]
By: Alan Rowe
Volume XXII / Number 1
THE excavations carried out at Meydûm by the Coxe Expedition of the University Museum were begun on November 2, 1929, and closed on April 30, 1930, a season of nearly six months. During this period my staff consisted of Dr. I. Ben-Dor, chief assistant; Messrs. C. N. Johns and R. W. Hamilton, archeological assistants; Mr. […]
Volume XXII / Number 1
In presenting the following account of the work of the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., Expedition of the University Museum at the Pyramid site of Meydûm, only a portion of the accomplishments of the 1929-30 season are described. Other considerable excavations were conducted in connection with the large Mastabah, called Number Seventeen, lying at the northeast […]
By: H. H. F. Jayne
Volume XX / Number 2
THE MUSEUM is pleased to announce that it is about to resume archæological work in Egypt. An expedition has been formed under the leadership of Mr. Alan Rowe and in November next it will begin work at Medum, a site which offers great possibilities not only for fresh contributions to existing knowledge in Egyptian research—always […]
By: Clarence S. Fisher
Volume XV / Number 1
During the winter seasons of 1921-22 and 1922-23 the University Museum chose for its field of operations in Egypt a portion of the necropolis of Thebes. This cemetery stretches for several miles along the western bank of the Nile opposite Luxor and has rightly been considered for many ages one of the most important localities […]
Volume XIV / Number 1
The tragic death of Lord Carnarvon from pneumonia at Cairo, news of which has just been made public, is an unfortunate event that will be deeply deplored by everyone interested in Egyptian history and antiquity. Mr.Fisher, Leader of the Museum’s Expedition to Egypt, was one of those present at the opening of the Tomb of […]